i receive countless emails inquiring about my gear. what camera do you use? what lenses should i buy? what’s the best equipment to shoot pets with? (please do not be offended if I don’t have time to respond to your query)
i’m a Nikon user. but honestly, whether Nikon or Canon or Sony or whatever, “brand” is not the essence of photography. yes, professional cameras and lenses definitely make a difference in how your images are captured and ultimately the quality of those images, so rest assured that scruffy dog is geared to deliver … shooting with Nikon’s D3S and D700, and too many lenses to list.
however, these are tools. and owning such equipment does not necessarily make someone a photographer. trust me, i’ve met my share of self-proclaimed “photographers” with thousands of dollars worth of equipment. as far as i’m concerned, it’s the artist’s eye that makes a photographer … the ability to see and work the light, to envision an image and capture it, and then to ‘develop’ it further in the digital darkroom, to have a command over the software so that the image can be everything you envisioned in that originating moment. the cameras and lenses are simply tools which enable you – the artist – to reach that end.
first and foremost, your best tools are your eye and your creativity.
if you simply must see a few of the lenses used here at scruffy dog photography, you can head over to this blog entry about lenses … but please read the text as well, as it is pivotal to the way you should be making your lens choices.
